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Please arrive early to sessions as places will fill up fast.

Day 1

09.30 - 10.00: Kingston Bridge - A Virtual Tour. Stephen McGuigan, Principal Engineer, Amey.

Amey manage and maintain Kingston Bridge on behalf of Transport Scotland.  Amey's Stephen McGuigan (Principal Engineer) will provide an insight into the background, construction, strengthening and maintenance of Scotland's busiest road bridge. He will provide attendees with a unique insight into the practical challenges engineers face within a major bridge project.

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ICE Scotland AND ICES Morning

10.15 - 10.45: State of the Nation - Transport. Derek Elder, Director, ICE Scotland.

10.45 - 11.15: Lessons of Management Systems from the IABMAS Conference. Bernard Kamya, Kamya Consulting.

A presentation on the various bridge management systems discussed at the IABMAS Conference 2008, Seoul, Korea and a subsequent research proposal to develop a flexible interface between the needs of bridge managers and other users of existing infrasructure management systems.  

Proceeding three sessions chaired by ICES President, Steve Jackson.

11.30 - 11.55: ICES and the future! Steve Jackson, President, ICES.

12.00 - 12.30: Utility diversions in the context of highways schemes. Glyn Halls, Project Consultant, Infrastructure Division, Arcadis - AYH Plc.

12.35 - 13.05: Employer benefits of ICES Company Approved Training Schemes.  Paul Brown, Membership Manager.

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13.15 - 13.45: BBA / HAPAS Approved Ironwork Reinstatment System. Alister Green, Area Sales Manager for Scotland, Instarmac.

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BRITPAVE, The British In-Situ Concrete Paving Association

14.00 - 14.40: The Latest Developments in Concrete Step Barriers. James Charlesworth, Director, Extrudakerb.

14.45 - 15.30: Designing for Quality and Durability. Peter Abel, Chief Materials Engineer for Infrastructure.

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15.50 - 16.20: Introduction to Digital Video Surveying / RouteMapper. Mark Jenkins, Consultant, IBI Group.

• Introduction to Digital Video Surveying
• Uses for Asset Inventory
• Integration of 3^rd Party Data
• RouteMapper

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Day 2

Road Safety Morning

09.30 - 10.00: New Initiatives in Road Safety Education. Kate Wheaton, Education Advisor, Road Safety Scotland.

• A curriculum for excellence, health and wellbeing
• Active learning
• Engaging young people 3 - 18

10.00 - 10.30: Planning a Road Safety Publicity Campaign. Michael McDonnell, Director, Road Safety Scotland.

• Identifying the problem
• Developing the creative to address it

10.45 - 11.15: Bike Safe. Alan Knox, Scottish Ambulance Service

11.30 - 12.00: Do You Know Whats Round the Corner? Sandy Allan, Road Safety Co-ordinator, Lothian and Borders Police. 

12.15 - 13.00: The Smart Way to Reduce KSI's on Your Roads. John Swift, Business Development Manager Scotland and Ireland, Clearview Traffic.

• Find out how to reduce your KSI rate by up to 70% through the use of smart, safe and sustainable technology
• Hear how simple measures on some of the UK's most dangerous roads have had a dramatic results
• Also discover how this technology can help you reduce your carbon footprint and long term costs

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13.15 - 13.45: Technological Advances in Road Inspection. Gert Riemersma, Director, Routescene.

14.00 - 14.45: Performance Road Pavements and Foundations. Malcolm Durie BSc (Hons), CEng, MICE, MIAT, Principal Engineer, Transportation and Infrastructure, Grontmij. Click here for details

15.00 - 15.30: GIS; Shaping the Future of Transportation. Ralston Mackenzie, Director & Luke Smallwood, GIS Consultant, Pinpoint Asset Management.

• A critical assessment of how GIS (Geographic Information Systems) can assist to make informed decisions in a Roads and Transportation environment.

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